Record to Report Specialist - Tax
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Senior
Bachelor's
Medellín, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia
Remote
AccountingTax Accounting
About the job
Requirements
- Ability to develop, train, and lead people.
- Ability to analyze and solve complex problems.
- Ability to design innovative solutions by leveraging and adapting existing methods and procedures when necessary.
- Understanding of senior management's strategic direction and its relationship to team objectives.
- Ability to interact primarily with the direct supervisor, as well as colleagues and different leadership levels at the client and Accenture.
- Ability to determine methods and procedures for new assignments, seeking guidance when needed.
- Decisions typically have a direct impact on team performance and results.
- Availability to work overtime and on-call shifts when operations require it.
- Availability to work according to the client's holiday calendar rather than local holidays.
- University degree in Public Accounting, Accounting, or a related field.
- Strong knowledge of accounting principles (GAAP), controls, policies, regulatory compliance, and process efficiency.
- Strong analytical skills and time-management skills.
- Experience leading or participating in meetings with business units and clients.
- Teamwork skills and customer orientation.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- More than 4 years of experience leading teams.
- Knowledge and experience with ERP systems, preferably SAP.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong leadership, organizational, time-management, and proactivity skills.
- Recent, verifiable experience in positions directly related to tax processes.
- Significant experience managing large teams; experience leading approximately 25 people is especially valued for this position.
- Frequent direct client exposure, including managing expectations, tracking deliverables, resolving conflicts, and managing strategic relationships.
Responsibilities
- Supervise the team's daily activities.
- Manage the development and performance of the transactional team to ensure efficient processing and effective teamwork.
- Build strong relationships with local and external teams to support and coordinate business processes.
- Hold regular meetings to discuss issues and incidents.
- Ensure timely execution of month-end close activities in accordance with established procedures and schedules.
- Provide guidance and support to the team as needed.
- Continuously review operations to identify opportunities for process standardization and automation.
- Own reporting and ensure achievement of service-level agreement (SLA) objectives.
- Explain how the work of the individual and team creates value for internal and external clients.
- Drive activities that ensure value is added and/or established requirements and milestones are met.
- Ensure the right tasks are completed correctly to meet objectives and achieve client-expected results.
- Propose practical, differentiated solutions suited to the client's situation.
- Balance and prioritize activities so critical issues are addressed promptly.
- Develop logical work plans, realistic estimates, and schedules for activities or project segments.
- Anticipate and address potential misalignment between internal and external client expectations and delivery capacity.
- Share necessary information in accordance with Accenture and client requirements.
- Raise questions and concerns constructively to strengthen the credibility of the individual, team, and others, and promote new ways of thinking and working.
- Contribute to developing and protecting Accenture intellectual property.
- Provide guidance and support to help people manage and develop their careers.
- Organize and structure productive, efficient team meetings aligned with each meeting's objectives and format.
- Adapt quickly to change and show willingness to try new initiatives.
- Maintain flexibility and resilience in changing situations.
- Focus the team on the positive aspects and benefits of change.
- Synthesize, refine, and thoroughly reconcile key findings from complex data sets to identify trends and potential problems.
- Make timely decisions despite complexity, ambiguity, and possible adverse consequences.
- Take initiative to follow up on risks and misunderstandings.
- Anticipate others' reactions when responding to challenging situations.
Desired Qualifications
- Intermediate English proficiency is desirable.
- Strong tax experience, ideally complemented by a specialization, postgraduate qualification, or advanced studies in the discipline.
- Previous experience in audit, consulting, or accounting firms (for example, Big Four organizations or similar) is highly valued because of the role's client interaction and visibility.
About the company
Accenture advises large businesses and public agencies on strategy, builds their technology systems and runs ongoing operations. Its teams connect business planning with implementation, covering areas such as cloud migration, cybersecurity and customer experience. Consultants work with clients to redesign processes, while engineers integrate software from technology partners and maintain the resulting systems for multinational organizations. Clients pay for project work or continuing services, including application support and business processes such as finance and customer service. Accenture was founded in 1989 and has its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Dublin, Ireland
Founded
1989
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Professional Development Budget
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- 401(k) Company Match